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Pieter Vangansbeke

Pieter Vangansbeke

Dr. Ir., Researcher Forest Management

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6356-2858

  • Gaverstraat 4

    9500 Geraardsbergen

    Belgium

20112026

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Research expertise

Pieter Vangansbeke is researcher in forest ecology and management at INBO since 2025. His work focusses on forests under climate change and he currently investigates (1) the effects of climate change on forest biodiversity and functioning, (2) how forest management can alleviate climate change effects, and (3) how forests contribute to climate change mitigation by storing carbon.

His previous research at Ghent University (Forest & Nature Lab) dealt with multifunctional forest managent in pine forests on sandy soil, on the ecological restoration of grasslands after agricultural land use and on the importance of forest microclimates and the effects on biodiversity. 

An up to date literature overview can be found on google scholar.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD Applied biological sciences: forest and nature management, Smart land management for bio‐based economies: simultaneous optimization of biomass production and other ecosystem services in forests, Universiteit Gent

Award Date: 19-May-2016

Thematic List 2020

  • Forest
  • Climate

VODS 2023

  • Terrestrial ecology
  • Forestry management and modelling
  • Silviculture and agroforestry
  • Wood and forest biomass processing
  • Biogeochemical cycli

Policy

  • management assessment
  • management monitoring
  • forest and agriculture policy
  • Climate policy (inc. Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage)
  • nature management

Geographic List

  • Europe

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  • Advies over criteria voor onbeheerde climaxvegetaties

    Vandekerkhove, K. (Main author), De Keersmaeker, L. & Vangansbeke, P., 31-Mar-2026, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.5260)

    Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest

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  • Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Polygonatum multiflorum*

    Vangansbeke, P., Blondeel, H., Brunet, J., Cosme, M., Duhamel, E., Decocq, G., De Pauw, K., Depauw, L., Diekmann, M., Feigs, J. T., Gasperini, C., Hagenblad, J., Landuyt, D., Lenoir, J., Liira, J., Lorer, E., Naaf, T., Orczewska, A., Plue, J. & Selvi, F. & 5 others, Van Meerbeek, K., Vander Meulen, F., Vanneste, T., Wasof, S. & De Frenne, P., Feb-2026, In: Journal of Ecology. 114, 2, p. 1 28 p., e70235.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits

    Yue, K., Vangansbeke, P., Myers-Smith, I. H., Waller, D. M., Verheyen, K., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Baeten, L., Staude, I. R., Bjorkman, A. D., Hédl, R., Andrews, C., Barni, E., Becker, T., Becker-Scarpitta, A., Benito-Alonso, J.-L., Bennie, J., Berki, I., Blüml, V., Brunet, J. & Bullock, J. M. & 68 others, Van Calster, H., Carbognani, M., Chudomelová, M., Closset-Kopp, D., Dan Turtureanu, P., Daskalova, G. N., Decocq, G., Dick, J., Diekmann, M., Dirnböck, T., Durak, T., Eriksson, O., Erschbamer, B., Graae, B. J., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Horchler, P., Jandt, U., Jaroszewicz, B., Kanka, R., Kollár, J., Kopecký, M., Kudernatsch, T., Lamprecht, A., Lenoir, J., Macek, M., Malicki, M., Máliš, F., Michelsen, O., Mitchell, F., Naaf, T., Nagel, T. A., Newman, M., Newton, A. C., Nicklas, L., Oddi, L., Orczewska, A., Orsenigo, S., Ortmann-Ajkai, A., Ouden, J. D., Pauli, H., Peterken, G., Petřík, P., Pielech, R., Puşcaş, M., Randin, C., Reczyńska, K., Rixen, C., Schei, F. H., Schmidt, W., Šebesta, J., Stachurska-Swakon, A., Standovár, T., Świerkosz, K., Teleki, B., Theurillat, J.-P., Ursu, T.-M., Vanneste, T., Vellend, M., Vergeer, P., Vild, O., Villar, L., Vittoz, P., Winkler, M., Wipf, S., Wu, F., Zhang, S. & De Frenne, P., 18-Mar-2026, In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. p. 1 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Thermophilisation drives multi-scale declines in carabid species richness in temperate forests over 25 years

    Leemans, S. Y., De Vos, B., De Pauw, K., Vandekerkhove, K., Van de Kerckhove, P., Vangansbeke, P., Dekoninck, W., De Smedt, P., Piano, E., VAndelook, F., De Frenne, P. & Hendrickx, F., 20-May-2026, In: Oikos. 2026: e12231, 2026: e12231.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Aanbevelingen voor proefaanplantingen met klimaatboomsoorten

    Desie, E., Baeten, L., Blondeel, H., Bonte, D., Campioli, M., De Frenne, P., De Haeck, A., De Ro, A., Fonteyn, W., Muys, B., Nyssen, B., Van Meerbeek, K., Vanden Broeck, A., Vangansbeke, P., Vanhellemont, M. & Verheyen, K., 8-Dec-2025, KU Leuven. 41 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO

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